When the revised FRS 102 lease accounting requirements came into effect on 1 January 2026, many finance teams had one primary objective: achieving compliance. Lease registers were created. Policies were reviewed. Calculations were completed. Reporting processes were...
For many organisations, budgeting has become one of the most resource-intensive activities undertaken by the finance team. What should be a strategic exercise often turns into weeks of collecting spreadsheets, validating formulas, reconciling data and chasing...
For many finance teams, Excel remains the backbone of budgeting, forecasting and planning. It's familiar, flexible and accessible. In fact, most organisations begin their planning journey with spreadsheets, and for many, they work well. The challenge comes as the...
The most visible and impactful change introduced by IFRS 18 is the restructuring of the income statement. Under IAS 1, companies had greater flexibility in how they presented their profit and loss statement. While there were general requirements, there was no strictly...
By now, it should be clear that IFRS 18 is more than a presentation change It has practical implications across finance functions, systems, and processes. One of the first areas many organisations will need to address is their chart of accounts. Under IAS 1, charts of...
Why is IFRS 18 being introduced? IFRS 18 will be implemented in January 2027. But why? For years, IAS 1 has been the foundation of financial statement presentation under IFRS. It provided a principles-based framework that gave companies flexibility in how they...
Learn, Prepare, and Comply with New Lease Accounting Standards.
Connected planning is where data, people, and performance are unified within a single environment. It’s not just a technological shift; it’s a strategic enabler for organisations that want to plan with precision, respond with agility, and make decisions with...
In our previous blogs Why Planning Fails: Escaping Excel Hell, Take Control of Your FP&A, and The Business Value of Connected Planning for Finance Teams, we explored how fragmented, spreadsheet-driven planning can hold organisations back and how a connected,...
In our previous blog, Why Planning Fails: Escaping Excel Hell, we explored how spreadsheet-driven planning creates inefficiency, inconsistency, and risk. The illusion of control that Excel offers often hides a deeper problem — finance teams working harder but not...
For many finance teams, the planning process still begins and ends with Excel. It is familiar, flexible, and seemingly harmless however as businesses grow, data becomes more complex, and as the expectations for agility rise, the cracks begin to show. What was once a...
Learn, Prepare, and Comply with New Lease Accounting Standards.